Sentences with phrase «outstanding share count»

Meanwhile, the bottom - line growth over this period was much better, thanks largely to a reduced outstanding share count — down by almost 20 % over the last decade.

In total the Company has purchased 5.6 million shares, which represents 12 % of the fully diluted outstanding share count at the time the program was first announced.

Berkshire only has a combined class A and B outstanding share count of 1.5 million.

Total revenue climbed 2.2 %, but comps were flat, and net income was within $ 100,000 of last year's total, sending earnings per share down slightly due to a minimally higher outstanding share count.

Via FactSet, we can see that as of the end of 2014, outstanding share count was well below where it was about 10 years ago, and the lowest in FactSet's data set.

Enbridge's outstanding share count has grown by almost 30 % over the last decade, which affects the company's profit growth on a per - share basis.

But it's looking at numbers when normalized for the expansion in the outstanding share count that gives us a true picture of Enbridge's actual growth.

Sizable annual buybacks have helped their cause, with the outstanding share count down by 27 % over the last 10 years.

For perspective, the outstanding share count is down by over 35 % over the last decade.

Solid top - line growth, continued buybacks (the outstanding share count will be impacted by the Fox deal), robust profitability (we're talking net margin that averaged 15.63 % annually over the last five years), and the potential for additional scale gives the bottom line plenty of fuel for 2018 and on.

If all of those shares were exercised, Facebook's outstanding share count would rise to around 2.8 billion — pushing the company's total valuation closer to $ 107 billion.

This activity saw Amgen reduce the outstanding share count by approximately 33 %, which is substantial.

The excess bottom - line growth can be explained via share repurchases: Cisco reduced its outstanding share count by approximately 19 % over the last decade.

Since 2012, Apple's outstanding share count has been reduced from about 6.6 billion shares to about 5.8 billion.

The First Asset Canadian Buyback Index ETF (TSX: FBE) «provides investors with exposure to a portfolio of equity securities of quality companies with active share buyback programs that have significantly and consistently reduced their issued and outstanding share count.»

Enbridge's outstanding share count has grown by almost 30 % over the last decade, which affects the company's profit growth on a per - share basis.

For perspective, the outstanding share count is down by over 35 % over the last decade.

But it's looking at numbers when normalized for the expansion in the outstanding share count that gives us a true picture of Enbridge's actual growth.

Solid top - line growth, continued buybacks (the outstanding share count will be impacted by the Fox deal), robust profitability (we're talking net margin that averaged 15.63 % annually over the last five years), and the potential for additional scale gives the bottom line plenty of fuel for 2018 and on.

Sizable annual buybacks have helped their cause, with the outstanding share count down by 27 % over the last 10 years.

The reason for the spread between revenue and EPS is what the company did with its shares: Williams - Sonoma reduced its outstanding share count by more than 20 % over the last decade via substantial share repurchases.

Nike reduced its outstanding share count by approximately 14 % over the last decade.

Like most frontier markets, a multi-asset fund (listed / OTC equities, private equity & property) like VOF is probably the best investment vehicle — it trades on a 23.5 % NAV discount, has a good performance record, and management continues to actively repurchase shares (spending a cumulative USD 198 million & retiring 30 % of its outstanding share count!).

Because almost half the (net) outstanding share count was retired in the same period (to 23.8 mio shares)!

Which is a perfect reminder all cash generated in Scenario C is applied to share repurchase — we obviously need to trace the impact on DCP's outstanding share count in that particular scenario:

Improving profitability across the board, along with a slight reduction in the outstanding share count, helped propel that excess bottom - line growth.

Management's discipline financing this growth is remarkable too — they've increased the outstanding share count a mere 6 % in the past decade, relying instead on the judicious use of leverage.

Oddly enough, the decline in cash isn't really to blame, as it's been replaced by a higher P / S valuation — the main factor's actually dilution, with the outstanding share count increasing by 6.5 % yoy.

Note I've adjusted my outstanding share count lower (to reflect the incremental share buyback), but I haven't actually reduced cash accordingly.

With the outstanding share count reduced by 7.8 %, the buyback provides an 8.3 % increase in EPS.

Cash & Share Buyback / Tenders: Consider the scale of the potential cash generation implied above, and Donegal's equally large discount to intrinsic value... A strategy of shrinking their outstanding share count is often the simplest & best way for companies to utilize cash, return capital & enhance shareholder value.

However, it's managed an astonishing 4 placings in the past 6 months, more than tripling its outstanding share count — a grim reminder any possible shareholder value here (however remote) will surely be diluted away.

It (and ideally the Rule 2.10 announcement) will specify / imply the expected increase in the outstanding share count.

[NB: Don't be fooled by what appears to be a respectable share price... there was a 100 - for - 1 consolidation in Nov - 2015, so the shares have actually collapsed 85 %, while the outstanding share count's effectively tripled.]

Which means the outstanding share count gets bumped up from 819 M shares to 1,981 M shares, in exchange for: i) The acquisition of Canyon Oil & Gas, a private company (in which Brian Hall, the Aminex Chairman, already has a small stake!).